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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investment modeling for scalable agricultural learning. [PDF]

PLoS One
Reeves NP, Pietrelli R, Brooks I, Rosas Celi VGSY, Narendra K, Ngabitsinze JC, Torero Cullen M, Lutomia AN, Medendorp JW, Bello-Bravo JM, Pittendrigh BR.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Topological Properties of International Commodity Market: How Uncertainty Affects the Linkages?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study aims to explore the network topology of the international commodity market by examining the interconnections among 21 commodity futures across various categories, including energy, precious and industrial metals, and agriculture. We analyze the market structure of these commodity futures under both low and high uncertainty conditions
Ibrahim Yagli, Bayram Deviren
wiley   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

Return to wine: A comparison of the hedonic, repeat sales, and hybrid approaches

Comparisons between the return to wine and standard financial assets are complicated in that the return to wine must be estimated from infrequent sales of heterogeneous wine brands.
Fogarty, James Joseph, Jones, Callum
core  

Adoption, determinants, and economic efficiency of insect-based technologies for organic waste recycling into fertilizer in Kenya. [PDF]

Discov Agric
Mugendi PG, Muriithi BW, Gitau R, Beesigamukama D, Chia SY, Wamwondwe TG, Menale K, Tanga CM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Towards a Model for Rate of Return in Islamic Economics

Journal of King Abdulaziz University-Islamic Economics, 2008
openaire   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying the significant drivers of containerized freight rates: From the perspective of dynamic multiscale dependence. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chen Y, Feng A, Tang C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Import Wheat Tenders and the Effects of the Russian Invasion

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Risk and volatility for many commodities escalated sharply following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, creating numerous uncertainties for trading firms and importers. The purpose of this study is to analyze the bidding behavior in Egyptian wheat import tenders in the pre‐ and post‐invasion periods.
William W. Wilson, Sumadhur Shakya, Isaac Dubovoy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source